Elton John and David Furnish become proud parents of a baby boy, and a man is arrested on suspicion of murdering Jo Yeates

Elton’s baby

Birth Elton John and his civil partner, David Furnish, have become
parents. Their son, Zachary Jackson Levon Furnish-John, was born to a
surrogate mother in California on Christmas day. He weighed 7lb 15oz.

“We are overwhelmed with happiness and joy at this very special moment,” John,
62, and Furnish, 48, said. “Zachary is healthy and we are very proud and
happy parents.”

John and Furnish announced that they would never reveal the identity of their
baby’s biological father, although it was reported that an official at the
Los Angeles register office claimed the singer was named in its records as
the “father” and Furnish as the “mother”.

The pair had previously expressed their wish to become fathers and tried to
adopt an HIV-positive child from Ukraine in 2009, pictured above with John,
but were turned down because of the pop star’s age and the fact that Ukraine
does